Archives for
June 2011

The United Nations has declared Internet access a human right, and disconnecting people from it is against international law. The recent UN report explores the issues of Internet access in great detail, both on the infrastructural level and as a matt...

Jetsetter, Gilt's flash sales site for travel, has launched a service that provides personal consultations with its network of more than 200 travel writers. Like traditional travel agents, Jetsetter's correspondents -- who are paired with members bas...

Leap Year, a new scripted web series about the trials and tribulations of founding a startup, makes its debut Monday on Hulu. Attendees at Mashable Connect got a sneak peek at the entrepreneur-focused comedy last month. Leap Year is about five friend...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Sperm bikes, electric cars and biodiesels, oh my! Converting your company'...

Apple, which made big news when its market cap surpassed Microsoft's last year, is now worth more than Microsoft and Intel combined. MacDailyNews crunched the numbers on Friday after the market closed and found that Microsoft had a market value of $2...

Nintendo admitted Sunday that a server for its U.S. website had been hacked, although no customer information was compromised. Unlike the attacks that have plagued Sony since April, the hackers claiming to be behind this breach wrote in a tweet they ...

The authorized biography of Steve Jobs is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com and Apple's iBookstore. iSteve: The Book of Jobs is slated for release on March 6, 2012, and is written by Walter Isaacson. Isaacson's past biographies include Benj...

Following a late December leak, the video for Kanye West's "Monster" -- from the disc My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy -- has finally hit the web in its finished form. The leak of "Monster" set the web abuzz back in the winter, spurring the creation...

A teenager in Germany has provided a cautionary tale about Facebook party invitations after inadvertently inviting the public to her 16th birthday party. More than 1,500 of the 15,000 people who accepted an invitation to the event after the girl fail...

As more automakers move towards adding social media in cars, Transportation secretary Ray LaHood, has a word of advice: Stop. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, LaHood said he is lobbying automakers not to add features that could distract drivers. ...

Ebay announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire Magento Inc., the company behind the open source ecommerce platform Magento. In the announcement, eBay said that Magento will join the company's new X.Commerce initiative. X.Commerce is eBay's integ...

Live video-streaming site Justin.tv has launched TwitchTV, a new online destination for video gamers. TwitchTV is a new take on esports -- live streamed video of professional, competitive video gamers who broadcast their screens and commentators who ...

Greetings from our perch at Moscone West where Steve Jobs' keynote speech at WWDC 2011, the Apple developers' conference, is about to get underway. Luminaries milling around the stage include Jonathan Ive, Apple's star product designer, and Walter Is...

Disney/ABC Television Group has inked a multi-year, multi-platform agreement with Katie Couric. She will host her own nationally syndicated talk show and join the ABC News team. Couric, the former Today Show co-anchor, who left the CBS Evening News l...

During Monday's WWDC keynote, Apple officially unveiled Mac OS X Lion. The next major version of Mac OS X will be out in July as a Mac App Store exclusive for just $29.99. As we've noted in our past previews, Mac OS X Lion will bring many of the best...

Microsoft has unveiled a redesigned version of Xbox Live -- one that includes more voice commands, YouTube integration and live television. At its annual E3 press conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft demonstrated the simplified UI, which can be navig...

Apple has sold 25 million iPads in the first 14 months after its release, Scott Forstall, senior vice president of iOS software for Apple, revealed at the WWDC keynote. Forstall revealed a slew of additional metrics to highlight the success of Apple ...

Apple will be deeply integrating Twitter across iOS 5, the next major version of its OS for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Twitter integration was one of the rumored announcements leading up to WWDC, and Apple has delivered. Users can associate a T...

Imagine being able to seamlessly message friends from any of your devices. That will be a reality with the launch of iMessage for iOS 5. It's like BlackBerry Messenger for iOS. iMessage will let users communicate easily between iPhones, iPads and iPo...

Each Monday, Mashable highlights an exclusive new video or song. Check out all our Music Monday picks. "Pure" is a new video from experimental electro/psych-pop band Blackbird Blackbird and director Eli Stonberg featuring love, loss and skateboarding...

The Future of Search Series is supported by SES San Francisco Conference & Expo, the leading search, social and display conference. From August 15-19, get five days of education, inspiration and conversations with marketing experts across the digital...

The Gadget of the Day Series is supported by the Energizer® Inductive Charger, which brings you the next generation of charging with Qi technology. Qi is the new universal standard for wireless charging ... now that’s positivenergy™. Product: Sound F...

At the WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple announced that users can now sync and backup their iOS devices wirelessly. Apple has been promising some sort of wireless PC-free syncing solution for quite some time, but the company has now officially confirmed ...

Microsoft saved the best for last at its E3 press conference, confirming that Halo 4 is in development by unveiling the first teaser trailer for the game. The minute-long trailer starts with a view of the nervous system and mind of Master Chief, the ...

Note-taking platform Evernote has surpassed 10 million registered users. That number is up 67% from January when the startup reported 6 million users. The nearly three-year-old startup now has 424,736 paying users -- premium plans cost $5 per month. ...

HP is launching three social good campaigns aimed at improving health tech in developing countries. Best known for its printers and laptops, the company has become an increasingly active player in international philanthropy. Instead of throwing cash ...

At WWDC 2011, Steve Jobs unveiled iTunes in the Cloud and "one more thing" goodie iTunes Match, a move that TuneCore CEO and founder Jeff Price believes will monetize piracy and reset the music industry. iTunes in the Cloud will allow users to downlo...

Admitting that he had "not been honest with myself, my family and my constituents," Rep. Anthony Weiner has confessed at a press conference that he sent via Twitter the picture that has captivated Washington for the past week -- and that he lied abou...

Each Monday, Mashable highlights an exclusive new video or song. Check out all our Music Monday picks. We usually premiere new videos on Music Monday, but this week, we have a vintage treat from the legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young. Young's new...

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